Refurbishment of an “unsafe” boatyard, conversion of a former court into offices and homes, and proposals for a statue in memory of a nine-year old girl who died of air pollution are among new plans submitted across South London.
Other applications include proposals for a luxury Italian furniture designer’s UK offices, re-jigged plans to build hundreds of homes on a former gasworks site and a new apartment development in a middle class suburb.
People with a view on the applications are able to share their opinions under the individual listings on the appropriate council’s website.
Planning officers or councillors make a decision on the applications at a later date.
“Unsafe” Rotherhithe marina boatyard to be demolished and rebuilt
A boatyard at South Dock Marina in Rotherhithe considered to be dangerous is set to be demolished and rebuilt to make it safer.
The building on Rope Street, Rotherhithe has “unsafe” access to its workshops on the first floor, a lack of escape routes and “conflict between vehicular and pedestrian access through a working boatyard,” according to planning documents submitted to Southwark Council.
As part of the redevelopment, the boatyard would be rearranged and new workshops, repair areas and a staircase will be constructed.
Fences and gates would be replaced and there would be a new area for skips and chemical storage. A new café, laundry facilities and showers would also be provided.
Lambeth County Court to be turned into offices and flats
Plans have been revealed to turn the Grade-II listed former Lambeth County Court building in Kennington into offices and nine flats.
The future of the two-storey building has been uncertain since 2017 when the Ministry of Justice moved the court’s functions to Wandsworth.
As part of the redevelopment an extension to the building will be demolished and replaced, and two mezzanine levels will be built at ground floor and first floor level.
Statue in memory of Ella Roberta
Ella Roberta, a nine-year old girl from Lewisham who became the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death, is set to have a statue built in her memory. Ella died following an asthma attack in 2013.
She lived 25 metres away from the South Circular Road, one of the capital’s busiest roads.
A statue commemorating her is planned for Mountsfield Park in Catford. It would stand on a stone plinth and be located at the centre of an existing flower bed in the park.
Luxury Italian furniture designer to open London showroom
Pianca, an upmarket Italian furniture designer, is set to open a London showroom and headquarters on Blackfriars Road.
The brand would move into a Grade-II listed building originally constructed as the London base of The Sons of Temperance Friendly Society, a group that promoted a teetotal lifestyle.
The building has been empty since 2021, when an architecture firm stopped using it as offices. Under plans submitted to Southwark Council, a rear extension would be added to the building to provide extra office space for Pianca.
Re-jigged plans for hundreds of homes on former gasworks
Barratt London has submitted fresh plans to build hundreds of homes on the former Bell Green Gas Works site in Sydenham.
The developer originally revealed proposals to construct 261 flats in six tower blocks up to 15 storeys tall on the site at the end of 2022, but later withdrew them after feedback from Lewisham Council planning officers.
The new plans will see one storey shaved off the tallest building and an extra flat included in the development, bringing the total number of homes to 262.
The amount of affordable housing in the development has reduced from 35 per cent to 26 per cent.
But the proportion of affordable homes that will be at London Affordable Rent (which City Hall considers to be a form of social rent) has increased slightly from 70 per cent to 71 per cent.
The remaining affordable homes would be shared ownership, where a person buys a share of the property and pays the rest of the house’s value in rent.
Small changes to the footprint of buildings, the width of a road on the site and the design of the development have also been made.
Six-storey apartment block in Brockley
Plans have been unveiled to build 46 flats in a six-storey apartment building near to Brockley Station.
Proposals for the disused site on Mantle Road would see a mix of one one bed, two bed and three bed apartments constructed, as well as space for shops.
None of the new homes would be classified as affordable.
According to planning documents submitted to Lewisham Council, redevelopment of the site with affordable housing isn’t viable.
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